EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a cozy primary school in EGLIN AFB, Florida, overseen by OKALOOSA. The school enrolls 436 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 28% below the state mean of about 604.

Across the 49 schools in OKALOOSA (32,120 students total), EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 25% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 14% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Okaloosa County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.2%, the actual is 68.2%, a residual of +3.0 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Okaloosa County put median household income runs about $81,998, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Okaloosa County runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,120 students), of which EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

SHALIMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 59.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. EGLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 507 (now 436). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 47% to 43%. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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